noblewoman

[noh-buhl-woom-uhn]

noun

plural

noblewomen 

1. a woman of noble birth or rank.

noblewoman

/ ˈnəʊbəlwʊmən /

noun

1. a woman of noble rank, title, or status; peer; aristocrat

Word History and Origins

Origin of noblewoman¹

First recorded in 1565–75; noble + -woman

Example Sentences

Fans assumed that The Fate of Ophelia would tether Swift Shakespeare's story of a noblewoman who drowns in a fit of mania after being driven mad by grief.

From BBC

Sixteen years after the discovery of the London gladiatrix and roughly 580 miles away, a statue of a fighting noblewoman was discovered in Germany.

From Salon

Jeanne de la Motte, a noblewoman fallen on hard times, pretended to be French Queen and tricked a cardinal into giving her the necklace, without paying.

From BBC

On his journey from Milan, he stayed with a wealthy noblewoman named Isabella d’Este.

From Literature

Bathory was a 16th Century noblewoman in the kingdom of Hungary who, along with four of her servants, was accused of killing hundreds of girls and women.

From BBC